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Alan Murray

Alan Murray
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research associates
Geography
UC Santa Barbara
Professor

Alan Murray is a Professor in the Department of Geography and leads the Wildfire Resilience Initiative (https://wri.ucsb.edu/). He is editor of International Regional Science Review, associate editor for Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. His research and teaching interests include: geographic information science; spatial optimization; health informatics; urban growth and development; land use planning; urban, regional, and natural resource planning and development; and, infrastructure and transportation systems. He is the author of three books and over 300 research articles, book chapters and proceedings papers.

Grants, Awards and Distinctions:

Yardi Foundation. 2023-2026 Wildfire Resilience Initiative. Murray, A., L. Carvalho, C. Jones, D. Roberts, S. Sweeney and M. Moritz. $3,700,000.

Yardi Foundation. 2022-2023 Wildfire Resilience Initiative. Murray, A., L. Carvalho, C. Jones, D. Roberts and M. Moritz., $1,000,000.

National Science Foundation. 2017-2022. PREEVENTS Track 2: Understanding Extreme Fire Weather Hazards and Improving Resilience in Coastal Santa Barbara. Carvalho, L., A. Murray, C. Jones, D. Roberts and R. Church.  $1,508,987.

USDA Forest Service / Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2020-2021. The development of spatial optimization tools to support efforts to transition to fire resilient forest landscapes. Church, R. and A. Murray. $94,901.

National Institutes of Health. 2020-2022. Activity Spaces for HIV Risk and Prevention Among Diverse Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles. Cassels, S., A. Murray P. Gorbach and A. Vaughan. $401,769.

 

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